2017-06-28

Archbold Village Council voted to proceed with a second attempt to separate from German Township in an emergency meeting, Tuesday night, June 27. The paperwork that Donna Dettling, village administrator, will file with the Fulton County Commissioners is almost exactly the same village officials filed with the commissioners in June 2016. Only the dates were changed, she said. Dettling said […]

Kristina Marie Avina, age 43, of Pettisville, passed away on Monday, June 19, 2017, at the University of Toledo Medical Center. Kristina was born on July 4, 1973, the daughter of Kenneth and Shirley (Moore) Nafziger, at the Montpelier Hospital. Kristina was a graduate of Archbold High School in 1991. She graduated from Northwest State in 1993. She was lucky […]

The stage is set for Archbold Village Council to file a second request for separation from German Township. During their Monday night, June 26 meeting, the trustees declined the latest village proposal for a new operating agreement for the Archbold Fire Department. In three separate statements by the three trustees, all said they want to retain ownership of the fire […]

Top: Ridgeville firefighters salute as the casket of Ken Freytag, Ridgeville fire chief, is placed into a hearse. Dexter Benecke, retired RFD chief, holds Freytag’s helmet. Middle: Firefighters salute as the hearse drives by the fire station during a procession to the cemetery. Left: The funeral procession drives under a flag hung from the crossed arms of aerial trucks from […]

A new scoreboard for the Archbold High School football field was blown over and damaged, Monday, June 19. Aaron Rex, superintendent, said it has not been determined how the repair part will be covered. “Two things could happen,” he said. The school could file a claim against the district insurance carrier, who would cover the cost. The district would be […]